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The article by Kuperman and Gibson on CPOE (1) was thought-provoking. The fact that this technology is being imposed on hospitals by the Leapfrog Group, that is, big business, is certainly disturbing. Following the lead of the likes of Enron, Philip Morris, and WorldCom does not seem promising. Their bottom line is a bottom line, not patient welfare. The productivity of physicians is also obviously of no concern to them. Had we wished to be data entry clerks, we could have entered that field with much less training.